“Okay.
I’m playing a hunter!”
Now that the goal is set, my steps become lighter.
My right knee was already screaming after walking for just a short while, but I just ignored it.
‘Look at this.
What kind of work can you do with a body that can’t even run?
My memory is so empty that even everyday life is difficult.’
The skin on my face doesn’t move at all, but I’m very happy right now.
To be honest, until lunch today, I felt bleak about the future.
The owner of this body was very poor, and all his wealth disappeared when he paid for soup…
At the moment, I was wondering how I could make money and provide nutrition.
There was hope.
I found out that there was a job on Earth called Hunter.
‘Now that it’s like this, I’m going to make a living by hunting with magic!’
Of course, that important magic is not available right now.
This will be gradually corrected as time goes by.
First of all, it’s not like a solution doesn’t come to mind.
‘There must be a sufficient number of Beginner Killers.’
I stopped walking back home and turned my head.
‘No, is there really a need to only target beginner killers?’
A thought suddenly occurred to me.
It was said that the Beginner Killer was a C-class monster.
If so, it is assumed that there are other levels of prey as well.
‘That’s probably where the gate is.’
Gate.
It is obvious where the hunting grounds where Earth’s hunters are active are located.
‘There’s a monster living inside there.’
Casting magic is blocked, but detecting mana flow is a separate ability.
It didn’t take long to determine the location of the gate.
Even now, I discovered that there is one street that I can go to right away if I want to.
So is there any reason not to go?
Of course not.
For future activities, it is necessary to analyze Earth’s monsters in advance.
‘I’ll just have to take a quick look at the level of monsters living nearby.’
With this magic detection ability, it would be possible to detect danger even from a distance.
I took a spontaneous step.
To put your thoughts into practice.
***
Kim Ki-ryeo arrived at a nearby mountain some time later.
I thought the distance was close when I saw it with my eyes, but when I actually walked with human legs, it took a lot of time.
“Wow, I almost lost my breath because of the slope.”
He wiped his sweat and looked at the gate in front of him.
“There was a lot of tape between the trees, so I had more trouble for no reason.”
The entrance to the dungeon, which the humans had named the Gate, was still emitting faint, buzzing waves of magical energy.
“Anyway, the aesthetic sense of Earthlings is strange.
“Why decorate plants?”
Well then, shall we go in now?
He took a breath and entered the gate without delay.
“And!
“It’s quite spacious inside, isn’t it?”
The voice coming from the gate gradually became quieter.
Kiryeo disappeared into the dungeon like that.
And after about 10 minutes, the sound of footsteps echoed in the quiet mountain.
Sabak, Sabak, Sabak.
Soon, a group of about four people approached.
“Hello?
Manager?”
A man in his early 20s, who was at the forefront of the group, picked up his cell phone.
What follows is a simple phone call.
“We have arrived in front of the gate now.”
-Okay.
Seungah Yoon.
Are there any civilians around?
“Are you okay.
The control line is well established.”
The person called ‘Yunseung’ looked around.
Bright yellow warning tape, recognizable to any human being, surrounded the trees around the gate.
“Besides, someone comes close to the gate where the abnormal transition occurred.”
-Anyway, I’m going to turn around because of that damn mutation.
Just this month alone, how many grades have been changed?
The voice on the other end of the phone sounded very worried about them.
“Don’t worry.
I will start investigating right away.”
Gathering fragmentary information, the people gathered now seemed to be a team of hunters gathered to investigate an abnormal phenomenon that occurred at this gate.
However, they did not react even after hearing that the gate’s danger level had changed.
“Let’s not hesitate and get in quickly!
“This place is only F grade.”
I think there is a reason for that.
“I wonder if I’ll want to drink after work.
“It’s Friday night.”
“It hasn’t even started yet and that sound again…”
Soon, their appearance disappeared beyond the shimmering light of the gate.
“Ugh, it’s musty.
Inside the gate was a completely different world from the outside world.
A humid and dark cave that looks like a bat might jump out at any moment.
Stalactites were occasionally visible on the high ceiling.
“After measuring, the magic density inside is at the level of a D-class dungeon.”
“It’s always like that.
It’s almost a rule now.
“If something goes wrong with the gate, you have to take two steps at a time.”
“Often, only one step changes.”
They moved forward, recording how the inside of the dungeon had changed.
The man with the shield standing in front spoke.
“I think we’re going too fast.
Should we slow down?”
“Why?”
“I walked quite a bit, but I didn’t see any traces of the monster, so…”
It was a voice full of caution.
But his suggestion had little effect on the party.
Rather, one of his teammates just joked while slapping his shiny scalp.
“Chasha.
You young guy, why do you always shrink like that?
Our team is a class A hunter!
“Ahn Yun-seung is here, so what are you worried about?”
The investigators all thought the same thing.
Most of the hunters gathered here are B-class.
Even the team leader is an A-level rising star, so what’s there to worry about?
So they wanted to finish this tiresome investigation as quickly as usual.
“Ah, bro.
Still.
“It’s a dungeon.”
“I get it.
okay.
“You just have to be careful…”
But, it was that moment when we were chatting.
thud!
thud!
thud!
A regular roar sounded, and then the surrounding area began to shake as if there was an earthquake.
This sound was enough to silence the investigators’ conversation.
“What······.”
The first to speak was the hunter holding a cane.
He craned his neck and looked away to determine the source of the sound.
And finally, he figured out who made the sound…
“Aaaah!”
My eyes opened wide and I let out a scream that I couldn’t swallow.
***
-Ahh… evil…
“hmm?”
Did I hear it wrong?
I think I heard something.
‘Kim Ki-ryeo’s ears are not trustworthy at all.
Now that I think about it, Alphauri people have really excellent hearing.’
I listened to the small noise that passed by in an instant, then lost interest and turned my head again.
However, returning the gaze did not change the situation.
It’s been several minutes since I entered this unidentified gate.
“I think it went quite deep…”
I had obviously come all the way here to observe monsters.
But strangely enough, I have not encountered a single living creature so far.
This place was just… a quiet cave with the humidity I liked.
‘Kim Sanda.
Did I misunderstand the gate?’
You can’t even meet monsters.
However, there is nothing else special about the cave.
What would I do if I stayed here?
I walked away, showing my disappointment.
I wanted to give up and go back to the entrance.
“Hmm?”
However, as I got closer to the entrance, I felt a strange magical power.
This small, crude, yet vibrant mana.
Is that right?
Mana within the human body.
“Who came in?
“You must be a hunter, right?”
I can’t speed up my walking pace because I moved quite a bit today.
So, while half limping on Kiryeo’s broken leg, I slowly approached the direction where I detected the magic power.
As I got closer, I finally heard a sound.
“Hey, hey!”
“Ugh, huh… he’s dead.
“He died in one hit… brother…!”
“···Oops!”
Oh, but what is this crap?
As soon as the sound became clear, it became clear.
This is unusual.
‘Mo, has a monster appeared?’
First, let’s understand the situation.
I quickly hid behind a nearby rock.
‘where?
Because the distance was too far, I couldn’t see the scene clearly from this rock, but instead I listened and focused on sound information.
“Uh, that.
I looked at it with Pixy Glass… and it’s A, A grade.
“It’s a mob with a magic power of A…”
“What are you talking about!
“Why does A pop up in a D-class dungeon?”
“Yoon Seung-ah!
Are you okay?”
Holy shit.
I don’t know exactly half of the words those Earthlings uttered.
Frustrated, I lifted my head and looked at the situation.
The first thing that caught my eye was a bald man covered in blood.
‘The mop is done.’
A wound as if hit by something huge.
The man, who had been pinned against the wall and trying to catch his breath, adjusted his shield and stood up.
shield?
Is that a tool of humanity?
‘Wow, that’s primitive.’
However, even if he is holding a shield, he is not reliable at all if he stumbles like that.
So what is the culprit that made that man covered in blood like that?
“Hey, how are we going to deal with something that even an A-class guy with an awakened defense system can’t stop?”
“Please prepare your skills quickly!
“I created a gap…”
“I can not!”
Umm.
Because the angle is subtle, you can’t see the monster.
Still, I could vaguely feel the magic.
‘This can’t be…’
I fell into a subtle appreciation as I assessed the magic power of the monsters they were dealing with.
“This is why I didn’t want to team up with an inexperienced young bastard!
If you blocked it straight away, my arm, Cheolmin hyung…!
Fuck you…!”
“Hyung!
Wait!”
However, while I was focusing on detection for a while, the situation changed suddenly.
‘Those blood stains on the wall.
Surely it’s not an Earthling trace?’
First of all, those three people seem to be one team.
At a glance, it seems that one person took the lead to tie down the monster and the magician from behind intercepted it, but now the total number has been reduced to two.
Because a wizard who was swearing just ran away.
-Rurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
“Bound, are you still in bondage?”
“Skill… I already used it.
Seungah Yoon…”
And in the blink of an eye, the team was doomed.
While the hunter in the front row is drawing the monster’s attention, it seems that his comrade has prepared a binding spell…
When that didn’t work at all, the last wizard took notice and did this.
“I think it will work if I try again!
Seungah Yoon!
“Can you hold on to that technique for 30 more seconds?”
“···Huh, huh.
yes!”
The hunter holding the shield gritted his teeth and stepped in front of the monster, even though he had already lost focus.
But after the promised 30 seconds.
When he looked back towards the wizard.
There was already no one left behind.
“······!”
The last wizard threw the hunter as bait to attract the monster’s attention and then ran away.
I blocked the attack with my body and risked my life to protect him, but he threw me away as a sacrifice and ran away.
Is this the humanity of Earthlings?
“her······.”
Hunter, who realized that he had been betrayed, fell to his knees helplessly, as if he had no energy to get angry.
It was a wound that I could no longer stand on.
“I believed everyone…”
The sight of him waiting for death with his tear-blurred eyes tightly closed.
It’s pitiful too.
But it’s okay.
Seungah Yoon!
‘Thanks to you taking the time, I had time to analyze.’
thud!
It was the moment when the monster took heavy steps to take the life of the defeated hunter.
The large monster suddenly stopped its actions when new movement was detected behind it.
I walked out slowly and broke the long silence.
“Wow, it’s clear when you look at it up close.
“It’s nice to meet you in a place like this!”
okay.
actually.
The identity of the monster they had been confronting all along was… a golem.
And the golem was something very familiar to the Alphauri.
How familiar is she?
“Oh, this is so ancient?”
I would roughly say it was like meeting a robot vacuum cleaner in another galaxy.